Kerala Part Two

Because Mom really enjoyed the last pictures, here are some more for your viewing pleasure! This is Kiera and her friend Chloe Stoker. This picture was taken as we took a hike through the Periyar tiger preserve:

People in India associate a lot of things with cows, and the Hindus even worship the cow. It was fun to see a huge cow fair as we were driving to one of our hotels. There were hundreds of cows, and a lot of them had the horns painted like these guys below: Don't worry, painting the horns wasn't a fashion statement. When owners paint their cows' horns a certain color it tells the other traders and buyers where the cow comes from. This is a picture of a house boat, which is what we stayed on for a day and a half:

Mmmm...prawns:

Here's Kiera inspecting a piece of coir (coconut husk which gets spun into "fabric" for rugs):

Kerala was a lot of fun, especially since we got to go with the Stoker family. We didn't get to eat turkey on Thanksgiving day, but I think the amazing seafood we had made up for it.